"Obelisks, the Skyscrapers of Ancient Egypt." I'm sure we could look it up. The obelisks are mostly of red granite. But there are a number of obelisks from other types of stone. There are a few ...

Story: After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the ruler of Egypt, the Khedive Ismail, promised the United States an obelisk. Henry Gorridge, a lieutenant commander of the U.S. Navy ...

Originally intended to explore the feasibility of moving the obelisk to the Santa Fe National Cemetery, the resolution was later modified to direct the city manager to explore the feasibility of ...